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What are some areas that might be able to offer a home w/ 3+bedrooms, 2 baths that are very safe, have great schools, and are under an hour to NYC that are under $600k
Thinking of Merrick, RVC, Long Beach (not sure about the schools there). Any others or helpful info about these?
What are some areas that might be able to offer a home w/ 3+bedrooms, 2 baths that are very safe, have great schools, and are under an hour to NYC that are under $600k
Thinking of Merrick, RVC, Long Beach (not sure about the schools there). Any others or helpful info about these?
homes with RVC schools under 600k are out there, but I think most are still fetching more than that. Not sure if the following are "great" districts, but you may also want to look at Lynbrook, East Rockaway (the part with Lynbrook schools), and Oceanside.
longislandsearch2010, in case you are unfamiliar with the local geography:
What people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".
Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village".
You can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet on Long Island by going here American FactFinder and input the name of the city, village or hamlet for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and New York for "State", and then click "GO".
You'll get a lot of demographic, and some economic, statistics for the city, village or hamlet you selected, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.
When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP or Census Designated Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)
And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.
Love Babylon Village, but commute under an hour is a streeeeeeeeeeeetch (I believe limited to one train in the morning?)
One's all ya need....
And you have to look at commute times like the 12 items or less line at the supermarket, if some trains go over the top a few minutes, not a big deal, still falls into the buffer zone of acceptability.
Harborfields was the #1 ranked district in Suffolk in the NY Times rankings. You can definitely get something under $600k, and its an
Hour from Huntington to Penn Station.
Recently, some homes in Jericho and Garden city are also going for less than 600k. These are usually on the lower end and might need updates, but if its good to enough to live in and you can do the updates slowly over a period of time, its definitely worth a look.
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Understanding the geography of "Lawn Guyland"
(I believe limited to one train in the morning?)
